{"id":126151,"date":"2026-02-07T13:03:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T13:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/126151\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T13:03:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T13:03:27","slug":"nycs-new-antisemitism-czar-once-said-she-was-floored-at-remarks-condemning-hamas-bombing-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/126151\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC’s new antisemitism czar once said she was ‘floored’ at remarks condemning Hamas bombing Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s new antisemitism czar <\/a>has a long history of spewing anti-Israel venom \u2014 once saying she was \u201cfloored\u201d by a social media post condemning Hamas terrorists firing hundreds of rockets at civilian areas in the Jewish state.<\/p>\n

Phylisa Wisdom, the executive director of the Mayor\u2019s Office to Combat\u00a0Antisemitism, ripped remarks made in 2021 by then-mayoral candidate Andrew Yang condemning Hamas for the attacks.<\/a><\/p>\n

Yang wrote that he and the \u201cpeople of NYC will always stand with our brothers and sisters in Israel who face down terrorism and persevere.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wisdom responded<\/a>: \u201cAs an American Jew and a New Yorker, I am floored by this tweet (although never surprised).\u201d Her tweet came on May 10, 2021, as Hamas began what would be an 11-day onslaught that killed at least 13 Israeli civilians.<\/p>\n

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s new antisemitism czar (not pictured) has a long history of expressing anti-Israel views, including once saying she was \u201cfloored\u201d by a social media post condemning Hamas terrorists firing hundreds of rockets at civilian areas in the Jewish state. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201cNYC deserves a mayor who will stand up for Palestinians in the face of state-sanctioned violence,\u201d she posted.<\/p>\n

Wisdom also boasted about blowing off the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur.<\/p>\n

\u201cI totally missed Yom Kippur this year,\u201d the 39-year-old posted in September 2009. \u201cOh well, I\u2019ll repent next year??? (What kind of Jew flakes on YOM KIPPUR).\u201d<\/p>\n

Wisdom \u2014 who describes herself as a \u201cliberal Zionist\u201d who supports a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine \u2014 is the former executive director of the lefty organization New York Jewish Agenda, which has criticized Israel\u2019s military actions in Gaza.<\/p>\n

It receives funding from far-left kingmaker George Soros<\/a>\u2019 Open Society Foundations, United Jewish Appeal-Federation of New York and other nonprofits.<\/p>\n

Mamdani, a staunch Israel critic, tapped Wisdom Wednesday to lead the MOCA as his first month as mayor was marred by a mind-blowing 182% increase in anti-Jewish hate crimes<\/a> compared to January 2025 (31 vs. 11). <\/p>\n

Critics fear the numbers will get even worse after Wisdom\u2019s appointment.<\/p>\n

Phylisa Wisdom (left), Mamdani\u2019s executive director of the Mayor\u2019s Office to Combat\u00a0Antisemitism, with state Sen. Robert Jackson. Phylisa Wisdom<\/p>\n

\u201cAt a moment when antisemitic hate crimes are at record levels and disproportionately targeting Jewish New Yorkers, this office demands leadership that unites, not divides,\u201d said a city official who asked to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are thousands of respected, accomplished Jewish leaders in this city who bring credibility and consensus to the table. Choosing someone surrounded by controversy undermines this crisis and weakens public trust in an office meant to combat hate\u201d<\/p>\n

State Assemblyman Kalman Yeger, a Brooklyn Democrat who is Jewish, said Mamdani \u201cshould have\u201d made a better choice but \u201cdoubts\u201d the socialist mayor \u201ccould have.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wisdom in 2021 ripped remarks by then-NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Yang\u2019s condemning Hamas attacks on Israel. Phylisa Wisdom\/X<\/p>\n

\u201cWho in their right mind takes a job to supposedly fight antisemitism for a mayor who markets in antisemitism?\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Wisdom replaced Moshe Davis, who former Mayor Eric Adams named executive director when creating MOCA in May. <\/p>\n

Wisdom, the former executive director of the lefty organization New York Jewish Agenda that has criticized Israel\u2019s military actions in Gaza, also once boasted about blowing off the holy day of Yom Kippur. Phylisa Wisdom<\/p>\n

The Post revealed last week that Davis, in a Dec. 30 report, warned the incoming Mamdani administration to install bollards <\/a>and take other security measures at houses of worship nearly a month before\u00a0maniac Dan Sohail\u00a0<\/a>allegedly rammed his car into the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

Davis said he\u2019s troubled by the Wisdom pick. <\/p>\n

\u201cLiberal Zionists often give too much space to anti-Israel rhetoric, believing their progressive values require them to hold their own people at arm\u2019s length,\u201d he told The Post. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ll say it\u2019s because they care about everyone equally. But caring for everyone equally while refusing to care for your own family first isn\u2019t kindness \u2014 it\u2019s self-erasure.\u201d<\/p>\n

The mayor in a statement called Wisdom a \u201cprincipled and effective leader in the work to confront antisemitism in New York City and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI look forward to working alongside her to both build a city where Jewish New Yorkers are safe, seen, and able to thrive and to build a team that reflects the diversity and strength of our Jewish communities across New York,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s new antisemitism czar has a long history of spewing anti-Israel venom \u2014 once saying…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3862,61,57,9,56,63,65,64,663,87,3694,58,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-126151","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-antisemitism","9":"tag-israel-hamas-war","10":"tag-metro","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-ny","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-nyc-headlines","15":"tag-nyc-news","16":"tag-palestine","17":"tag-politics","18":"tag-terrorism","19":"tag-us-news","20":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}